Discusses the genius of Ellington, his increasing recognition by colleges and concert halls, and the Smithsonian’s extensive set of initiatives to interpret his legacy, including exhibitions, fellowships, performance programs, publications, and radio broadcasts.

This book marks the passage of jazz music’s first century by bringing together text by 27 experts with more than 300 images. Authors include David Baker, Bob Blumenthal, James Dapogny, Krin Gabbard, William H. Kenney, Neil Tesser, et al. With seventy concise sidebars on jazz songs, styles, techniques, repertory, landmarks, radio, television, etc., and extensive backmatter.

The first commercially-issued recording by this important ensemble, which was established by Congress in 1990. The recorded performances were conducted by David Baker and Gunther Schuller, and feature works by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, and others.

Smithsonian's America: An Exhibition on American History & Culture with Lonnie Bunch, Steven Lubar, and Jeff Brodie. Tokyo: American Festival, 1994. 250 pp.

Catalog of an encompasing exhibition done for a non-American audience.

Hughes, Ellen Roney

“Machines for Better Bodies: The Cultural History of Exercise Machines, 1830-1950,"
Ph.D. diss. University of Maryland, 2001, 474 pp.

The first history of a quotidian device in America's quest for perfect bodies.

Hughes, Ellen Roney

“The Unstifled Muse: The 'All in the Family' Exhibit and Popular Culture at the National Museum of American History,”
in Exhibiting Dilemmas: Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian. Amy Henderson and Adrienne L. Kaeppler, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, pp. 156–175.

Explores the history of popular culture at the Smithsonian and reactions of the visitors and the museum staff.

Contains, as part of the Guide, an explanation of the Textile Collection of Sewing Machine Trade Literature and a Bibliography on the history and development of the sewing machine. This is a guide to the Museum's Sewing Machine Trade Literature Collections and Website maintained by the Smithsonian Libraries.

Janssen, Barbara Suit

Patent Models Index: Guide to the Collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution – Volume 1, Listings by Patent Number and Invention Name,
Number 54 v.1, Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.

This two-volume catalog consists of four indexes providing information on more than ten thousand patent models housed throughout the National Museum of American History’s collections. These nineteenth century artifacts are the original models submitted to the United States Patent Office by their inventors.

In Volume 1, the Listing by Patent Number sorts the NMAH patent models chronologically by the issued patent number. The Listing by Invention Name organizes the patent models alphabetically by the name of the invention.

Patent Models Index: Guide to the Collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution – Volume 2, Listings by Inventor and Residence of Inventor,
Number 54 v.2, Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.

This two-volume catalog consists of four indexes providing information on more than ten thousand patent models housed throughout the National Museum of American History’s collections. These nineteenth century artifacts are the original models submitted to the United States Patent Office by their inventors.

In Volume 2, the Listing by Inventor organizes the NMAH patent models alphabetically by the inventor’s last name. The Listing by Residence sorts the patent models by residence of the inventor at the time of patent issue by country, state, and city. The patent number is a unique number that ties all of the indexes together. Issued by the Patent Office at the granting of a patent, the number links the model to its patent specification. The terminology used is consistent with the Subject-Matter Index of Patents for Inventions Issued by the United States Patent Office from 1790 to 1873, compiled by Mortimer D. Leggett, Commissioner of Patents in 1874.

"Psychology: Understanding Ourselves, Understanding Each Other,"
in Kathleen McLean and Catherine McEver, eds., Are We There Yet? Conversations about Best Practices in Science Exhibition Development (2004): pp. 55–59.

Chapter in a book on best practices in developing science exhibitions; describes one of twelve “noteworthy science exhibitions” selected by museum peers.

Jennings, Gretchen M.

"Time to Listen,"
Curator, 46.4 (2003): pp. 371–384.

Describes the development of the exhibition Invention at Play and raises questions about the exhibition development process.